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Have I Mentioned.....

how busy life has been? I keep saying I'm going to get back here more and more, and I just keep drifting! No more! I will be updating on the deals, the shopping and sharing pictures more and more as Christmas gets closer!

SO, let's just into it headfirst!

Since we last spoke, I've gotten older(BOO!!!) and black friday has come and gone. I have to say even though there were some awesome deals to be had, I only shopped on Thanksgiving Morning at CVS and Rite Aid.

One sentence sums it up:

IT WAS AWESOME!

I took a friend with me who's never done that kind of shopping and I have to say I think it was a total success, we stopped to pick up her children breakfast at our local Bojangles and she looked at me as we were told the total and said,
"Oh my god! That's almost as much as I spent at Rite Aid!!!!"
Can we say addicted?

So now the fun part, sharing what I got!!!!







CVS:

~2 packs 20 Count AA Duracell Batteries(with the $20 P&G coupon books)
~the Sarah Peyton Spa Gift Set
~2 Renpure Hair Care
~2 Herbal Essences Hair Care
~5 King Size Hershey's Candy Bars
~a Philips Universal Remote
~1 Eucerin Lotion
~1 Gillette Deo(I realize the limit was increased to 2, but I didn't feel like going back)
~2 Colgate Toothpastes
~2 Listerine Pocketpacks
~1 LA Looks Hair Gel
~5 Reese Singles Candy Bars
~1 Carmex Lip Balm

Total OOP: 8.01
ECB: 17.99 to start, 15.57 at the end


Rite Aid:

~7 Fleece Blankets
~1 box Hershey Pot of Gold Candy
~12 Hershey's Single Size Candy Bars
~1 Carmex Lip Balm
~2 Colgate Toothpastes
~1 pack Duracell AAA Batteries
~3 packs Cottonelle Toilet Paper
~1 tub Cottonelle Moist Wipes
~11 pairs of soft socks(some were 2/$1 and some were originally $2 each and he price modified since they were out of the others!)

Total OOP: 7.62 On a GC, WOO!
Up+ Rewards: $14 to start and about $4 or $5 left, but I am happily finished with lots of christmas gifts thanks to the blankets!

Food Lion:

~20 various Wesson Cooking Oils (bogo at 3.79-3.99)

OOP: Less than $20, but again the receipt is in the car.

CVS: A week in adventure!

So I've been to CVS about three times this week already and wanted to share my finds with you!

All in all I've spent around(I am lacking a couple of receipts, so NOT exact)$25.00, and received back $17.99 in ECB that I am saving for BF sales!

I'm Backkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!

So yep, I went away again, from a lot, from couponing more than necessary and from posting on here. But I am BACK! I jumped in with both feet running this morning with an early morning trip to Harris Teeter, check out what I got for $12.30:





Twenty packs of Sister Schubert's Rolls and 6 cartons of Smart Balance milk, which is the same as 3 gallons of milk, not half bad I'd say! According to my receipts I saved:
~Coupons: 45.00
~Vic Saving: 43.87


I also stopped at Rite Aid and cashed in on the band-aid deal(we have two kids, there are NEVER enough bandaids...)

~4 travel packs of bandaids
~2 packs of J&J Gauze

Total OOP: 2.82
Wellness Savings: 2.75
Coupon Savings: 6.00
$6 in Up+ Rewards back! I hope to go by another Rite Aid later today and pick a few more packs up!

Emergency Room Fun

So when is the emergency room fun? When you take a friend and get asked if your friend is also your daughter!!!! LOL We had QUITE a laugh over that since she's only THREE years younger!!! I know I've not been around, so I thought I'd share that and let ya know I'll be updating my deals and shopping again soon!

Incoming!!! 9/21/2010

So I wanted to share both my New BzzAgent campaign and the pack I received today for it and my DMC Mentor pack! I am passing out the DMC Mentor kit via Christmas to several ladies in my family who I think would enjoy it that I am also close enough to help out if they should need it. I love cross stitch and DMC is the best!


Thanks DMC!

My BzzAgent campaign is courtesy of X-acto Crafts and Elmer Craftbond Supples, and I am THRILLED to be involved. I love to scrapbook and the products we've been allowed to test(thanks BzzAgent!) will really make scrapbooking a lot more fun! Our Kit included:



~2 Special Scissors for fun edges
~Glue dots
~Glue Stick
~Glue Pen
~Tape Runner
~Corner Round Punch
~Idea book with LOTS of great suggestions

I am VERY excited to use these tools with what I already have to start work on my scrapbook for my son's pre-k year. I will keep you guys updated as I go, I'm starting on it this weekend!

Interested in becoming a BzzAgent and letting your opinion be known?



Join now by following the link above!

Oh Dollar General You Are So Good To Me!!! 9/21

I raided both local Dollar Generals today after a friend(thanks Megan!!!) told me about their take an additional 50% select summer clearance sale. I scored easily $150 for under $50! These will go towards gifts for Christmas, my mom's pool next year, some things for my house and just toys for my kids!

I picked up:




~2 Bubble Swords 1.50/1
~2 Large Bubble Wands 0.50/1
~3 Squirter Sets 0.25/1
~2 Swimmer Kick Boards 1.25/1
~4 Toy Story Kids Sunglasses 1.00/1
~1 Cars Kids Sunglasses 1.00/1
~5 Sports Container Bubbles 0.25/1
~8 "Square" Container Bubbles 0.25/1
~1 pair Mask Goggles 1.25/1
~6 Beach Balls 0.25/5, 0.37/1(OOPS!)
~2 Swim Rings 0.37/1
~1 Bigger Swim Tube 1.00/1
~DD a pair of cute Pleather Shoes 2.00/1
~HUGE Inflatable Star 2.50/1
~Inflatable Raft 2.50/1
~2 3-Piece Mixing Bowl Sets 2.25/1
~5 Assorted Bird Feeders 0.37/1, 0.43/1
~2 Seat Cushions 1.12/1
~1 Sink Dish Drainer 0.75/1
~1 LED Candle 1.25/1
~2 Sets Sand Tools 0.25/1
~4 Large Platters 0.75/1
~3 Medium Platters 0.25/1
~1 Small Platter 0.25/1
~2 Serving Dishes 0.25/1
~1 T-Shirt 1.50/1
~1 "floating" Witch 1.00/1
~1 Window Cling Set 1.00/1


All in all I'm VERY happy with our haul!

A Brittany for $1.53! Thank you Rite Aid!

So my daughter has become quite fond of an animal I got her on a whim to use overage at Rite Aid a few weeks back. This little chipmunk goes EVERYWHERE with her, sleeps with her and is generally her favorite thing next to her big brother. So my husband and I were discussing buying another to store away for the inevitable "Brittany's gone!!!!!!!!!" wail or when she finally falls apart.
I know beanie babies change with the season and replacing one later might be VERY costly. While $6.99 may not seem like a great ton of money to have a replacement, I of course was looking for a way to drop that cost and Rite Aid's awesome deals and $5/$25 coupon helped me do it!

I got:


~1 box of JollyTime popcorn(thank you Jen for the freebie q!!!)
~4 Febreze Luminarie starter kits-3.99, down from 15.99!!!
~2 Febreze Large Jar Soy Candles-2.74, down from 10.99!!!
~and one lovable Brittany Chipmunk Doll

Total Out of Pocket: 3.28(tax was 1.75 of that) I could have lowered my OOP by using some of my up+ rewards but I didn't have them with me, but that is still alright with me.

Food Lion, Deer Park Buy 3, get $3 OYNO!

So I don't even begin to have a count on how many I have bought thusfar, but I have pictures! I'll have a count when I finish putting them away.
The deal on these is there is a catalina deal that prints a $3.00 OYNO coupon when you buy three, these are $1.00 each at Food Lion this week, so I am rolling! With tax the second order and each thereafter is costing me 0.06 for three packs, you cannot beat that price!







*thanks to mtnmamamj at weusecoupons!*

I also have an order coming for 25 cases(3 per case), so I am VERY excited!

Finally updating!

I know I've been absent a LONG TIME guys, but life has been pretty busy. So I feel to start I have to share a few things that have been going on in our lives.

~So Tuesday our oven caught fire! How fun is that? Thankfully I live in apartment complex and they were quick to replace it. Thanks PPM!!! They were very quick about it, we had the fire department in even though I had already put the fire out before they were here. It was still VERY stressful but I am happy to have it behind us.

~Our oldest has just started Pre-K, I volunteer in the class and of course have a very clingy little one at home right now missing big brother, so that's been time consuming in and of itself.

~The last two weeks we've all had one kind of cold or another, the kind where the kids sound like they have croup. My little one is still hacking, though my bigger one is most of the way to being better. I am not hacking yet, but my nose is training for a marathon!


Beyond that it's just been normal stuff, yardsales, housework, doctor's appointments. No excuse but it is what it is. Now to update the deals and shopping!

Shop Til You Drop Week Long Extravaganza!

So I have to say, I have shopped WAY too much this week and I am now exhausted...but I do have tons of great goodies for free-close to free!


Rite Aid:



~14 Physician's Formula Makeups
~14 Old Spice Body Washes
~12 Old Spice Deodorants
~1 Old Spice Body Spray
~1 20-oz Cherry Coke
~2 "fun bands" or "silly bands"(for my babies)
~4 Jelly beans(markdown filler)
~2 Lubriderm Lotions
~3 Aveeno Sun Care 70 SPF
~1 Neutrogena Sun Care 45 SPF
~1 Coppertone SunScreen Stick
~2 Banana Boat SunScreen Stick
~1 Neutrogena SunScreen Stick
~1 Banana Boat After Sun Aloe Lotion
~1 Quilted Northern 4-count Double Roll Toilet Paper
~1 pack of Peanut Butter M&Ms
~2 pairs of StyleScience Kids Sunglasses

Total OOP(including tax of: 17.65) 19.87
NO UP+ Rewards printed, even though I should have gotten 7 $4 UP+ Rewards printed(which would have dropped my OOP by $8 more at least today) and silly me keeps forgetting to use the about $4 left on my Rite Aid Gift Card to pay on my balances. DUH! By doing this today I qualified for a $10 SCR back on the kids sunglasses, the $25+ $5 bonus Rite Aid Giftcards(Skin Care Rebate) and maybe the Men's Neutrogena rebate(I believe the sunscreen I bought qualifies also)....so essentially I made:
20.13!!!! And if they fix the UP+ Rewards like they're supposed to, that's $28 more and I will have two of my transactions adjusted for less OOP this week





Harris Teeter:

(no picture, just great savings!)

~1 Celentanos Cheese Ravioli
~1 Gina Lina's Meatballs(BIG bag!)
~1 Diet Mtn Dew 2-liter
~1 NY Texas Toast Garlic Bread
~1 Newman's Own Pasta Sauce
~2 Edy's Ice Cream
~1 Cottonelle Kids Wipes Tub
~2 boxes Nabisco Crackerfuls
~4 bags of Simply Potatoes Hashbrowns
~1 bag Shoestring Fries
~2 bags King Size M&Ms

Total OOP: 19.00 EVEN
VIC Savings: 27.39
Coupon Savings: 9.25


Walgreens:



~9 various Bic Razors(@0.49 each)

Total OOP:
6.08(2.16 in tax)

CVS:(my last $3/$15!)



~2 Glade Sense and Sprays(rainchecked @ 2/$10)
~1 Gallon Milk
~2 Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cups
~1 Got2B Smooth Operator Product(WOOT!)

Total OOP: 4.01(1.02 in tax)
No ECBs Spent, $3 back

I can't even begin to tell you what all was spent and made in this pic, but I got all this on Friday, I'll try to get all the receipts together for a total cost later on:

Rite Aid, the Addiction Trip 6/10/2010

How can one resist the lure of free makeup and free diapers? I can't, I know that for sure! I went last night and today(had to have last night's receipt adjusted for coupons forgotten). I got a couple more packs of diapers for us today and some diapers for my brother's and his kind of GF's new baby and some baby wash/lotion also.

The kids and I got:

~6 packs of Huggies(three marked down, three not)
~15 bottles of various Johnson and Johnson baby products
~2 Johnson's and Johnson's Adult Lotions
~1 gallon Milk
~1 Dove candy bar(on clearance)
~8 Physician's Formula makeups
~1 Aveeno Lotion
~2 large diecast metal cars(my kids were perfect angels, this is where the 11.99 UP+ reward went basically)

Total Out Of Pocket: 7.33(TAX: 7.61)
UP+ Rewards Earned: 23.98
UP+ Rewards Used: 15.99(a 4UP+ from Old Spice and 1 11.99 from the huggies last night)
Total Savings: 305.50(diaper savings ROCK!)

My Rite Aid Trips 6/8

I had quite a bad experience with a Rite Aid Shift Manager/Customer Service Manager(either way not the store manager, but someone who had the power to do an override, whatever the title may be at Rite Aid), but I spoke with the store manager this morning and I feel a lot better about it today! I still had great trips and am too tired to break it all down into what coupon I used where, so here's the big list and a picture!



~8 Gillette Body Washes
~8 Gillette Deodorants
~1 pack of Little Swimmers
~6 Old Spice Body Washes
~10 Old Spice Deodorants(4 Deodorants Sticks @ 1.39 each on the clearance shelf)
~2 Old Spice Body Sprays
~11 Gillette Shampoos(marked down from 5.99 to 2.99!)
~2 Colgate Toothpastes
~1 Got2B Hair Care Product
~1 Seabreeze Product
~19 Physician's Formula Makeups
~1 Baby Ruth
~1 pack of Huggies Wipes
~2 Rite Aid Sunscreens on Keychains
~1 Johnson's Body Lotion

Total OOP: 28.07(tax being 23.80 of that)
**I just noticed on my second receipt that some of my makeup didn't ring up on sale, so they're gonna fix it when I'm in there again, which is really very nice of them considering how little I paid for all of it)

According to my receipts I saved:
182.57(thanks to the wellness savings, yay Rite aid!) and 325.92 in coupons

CVS Clearance Splurge! 6/8/2010

So I ran in to get another ProGlide Razor and some more detangler and found a ton of great clearance! So of course, I splurged my extracare bucks and picked it up!

I got:

~6 transfomers Promo Snickers @ 0.09 each
~3 Single Pair L'Eggs Knee Highs@ 0.09 each
~1 box of L'Eggs Ankle Highs @0.64
~17 boxes of Bayer Crystals(4 Count) @ 0.29 each
~2 boxes of L'Oreal Hairdye @0.99 each
~1 ProGlide Fusion Razor @9.97
~2 bottles John Freida Detangler @5.00 each
~1 Wii Steering Wheel Accessory @ 0.50
~4 bags of Penny Candy(in the gold and clear bags, cute stuff!) @0.20 each

Total Out Of Pocket: 2.57(tax was 2.34 of that)
ECBs spent: 17.00
ECBS earned: 8.00

The Knee Highs and Ankle Highs are for my mom, she wears these EVERYDAY and they are $ when you wear holes and runs in them almost weekly. She's active and hardworking and I am most happy to be able to take her something to help! I *thought* the Bayer was something my uncle could take since his surgery but I guess I remembered it backwards, but that's okay, I know I can find others to help by giving them away or donating them to the ministries.

Target BooBoo 6/7/2010

Well I bought swimmers...and now I regret it, apparently they would have been MUCH cheaper at Rite Aid....*sigh* guess I am going back tomorrow! I am debating whether it's worth returning these...

~1 bonus pack Huggies Swimmers
~2 Nivea Men's Shave Gels
~2 Eggos(in my freezer, not in my picture)
~1 pack of Ruffies Trash Bags
~10 Arm and Hammer Travel toothpastes
~2 Kotex Liners

Total out of pocket: 11.74
Coupons Saved: 22.90

Oh Holy Up+ Rewards!!!!

I went to Rite Aid tonight and made out like a bandit, thank you Up+ rewards!!!

~8 Old Spice Body Washes
~8 Full Size Old Spice Deodorants
~1 Trial Size Old Spice Deodorant(attached to a full size one, woo!)
~4 Old Size Body Sprays
~4 Gillette Body Washes
~4 Double pack Gillette Deodorant Deodorants
~3 Keychain Rite Aid Sunscreens
~1 20oz Diet Dew
~1 pack Extra Gum
~2 Got2B Smooth Operator Products

Total OOP before all coupons and sales: 169.02
After coupons and sales: 4.92!!!!!
AND I have a $4.00 UP+ reward to use, so it's actually like spending a whopping 0.92!

**$20 of the savings was them adjusting down the double packs of deodorant, apparently they are not part of the 2/8.00 sale BUT they had a tag and it was correctly labeled, so they adjusted them for me, I have a GREAT Rite Aid that cares very much about their customers!**

Our *I Love* Harris Teeter Trip! 6/7

My kids and I took a trip today with our best friend and her boys to do a little shopping(can you tell that's a hobby of mine?) and we went to Harris Teeter to take advantage of some awesome deals! They had an great meal deal that was buy 2 Digiorno Pizzas and get a thing of ice cream, garlic bread, coke 2 liter, and TGI Friday's appetizer for FREE! We did this and the buy $20 of lysol products and get $5 off deal as well. So in total we got(all prices in () are BEFORE sales or coupons!):

~2 Digiorno Pizzas(13.58)
~2 Lysol Kitchen Cleaners(6.78)
~2 Lysol Toilet Cleaners(5.78)
~1 Lysol Toilet Cling(3.29)
~4 cans of Lysol Wipes(13.96)
~9 boxes of Frosted Flakes(28.71)
~1 Coke 2-liter(1.79)
~2 bottles of L'Oreal Everpure Shampoo(Markdown @ 3.00 from 6.99! so 6.00/2)
~1 pack OB Mixed Pack of Tampons(Markdown to 1.53 from 4.49!)
~1 box Eggo Waffles(2.45)
~1 TGI Friday Onion Rings(3.79)
~1 loaf Harris Teeter Garlic Bread(2.49)
~1 Gifford Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream(4.25--also not pictured because it was dessert!)
~3 Danimals 6-packs of smoothies
~1 Carton of Tropicana Orange Juice(3.39)*not in picure, apparently this bag which also had the filters got left at the register, so I have to pick these up tonight!*
~1 pack of Pur Pitcher Water Filters(Markdown to 3.00 from ?.??..these are about $14 at wal-mart)*see above*

Total out of pocket BEFORE coupons and sales: 137.21 + 2.54 in tax=139.75
Total After Harris Teeter sales price and before coupons: 63.17(cut the bill OVER HALF!)
After Coupons: 32.67, which WITH tax equals out to about 0.99 an item!